What is the funniest and/or most memorable reason for getting smoked?

CPT Private RallyPoint Member — Sat, 11 Jun 2016 22:39:18 -0400

I am pretty sure most of us have been smoked in the past. I, myself, set a record at the Alabama Military Academy (National Guard Accelerated OCS) for push ups in a day while I was the class 1SG. I knew I was getting up there in numbers when one of the TACs came out from the building and was surprised I was still getting smoked. Luckily, I am a strong Ranger. But who knew something as small as saluting back from getting your morning report with a pen in your hand could lead to such unique experience.

That was one of many times I can recall. I have seen others pay the price for something as small as messing up an email address on a form. Which was priceless.

What have you done or see that led to a smoke session?

Response by SFC Private RallyPoint Member made Jun 11 at 2016 11:00 PM

SFC Private RallyPoint Member — Sat, 11 Jun 2016 23:00:05 -0400

When I was stationed at Ft Campbell every Friday we have a company "fun run" with the CDR. It was a Ind event. A 3 mile run and whoever beat the CDR got the rest of the day off. Back when I had good knees and could run I'd usually give him a close run for his money(usually with 5-10 secs of catching him). One Friday he must have been having a bad day(or I was having a good one), but I SMOKED him by at least a good 30-45 seconds. I'm at the end point ready to blow chunks all over the road when I heard him yelling for me to drop. So I'm down doing P/U and he crosses the finish line just flat out livid. Claiming I cheated etc. By now I am blowing chunks attempting to do P/U. He looks at me and just busts out laughing along other that had finished the run. And yes I did get the rest of the day off, and no I was never able to beat him after that.

Response by CW2 Stephen Pate made Jun 11 at 2016 11:12 PM

CW2 Stephen Pate — Sat, 11 Jun 2016 23:12:23 -0400

For eating cake in the DFAC during basic. We were "allowed" to have it, but DS Williams was always there by the serving line watching, and someone always got a slice. We'd run back to the barracks after chow and he'd be waiting just around the corner. He wouldn't stop until at least five people blew chunks. I remember him saying "I want my five!".

Response by CPT Jack Durish made Jun 11 at 2016 11:18 PM

CPT Jack Durish — Sat, 11 Jun 2016 23:18:10 -0400

After donating blood we were exempt from push ups. That caused some of us to take advantage and smirked at the frustration of the Tac Officers when they couldn't "penalize" us. Of course we learned our lesson the next day... Yes, they had lists of accumulated push ups for each of us (and no, Ladies, I'm not talking about bras)

Response by SN Greg Wright made Jun 11 at 2016 11:23 PM

SN Greg Wright — Sat, 11 Jun 2016 23:23:09 -0400

For biting my CO on the leg as the Wog Dog. He laughed. The Chief didn't, the next day.

Response by PO1 William "Chip" Nagel made Jun 11 at 2016 11:40 PM

PO1 William "Chip" Nagel — Sat, 11 Jun 2016 23:40:23 -0400

We called it Cycling in the Navy. I remember I got Cycled a lot but I forget the reasons. By the end of Boot Camp the entire company could pump out 125 without batting an eye or breaking a sweat. I do remember the CC would make a habit of Cycling us in front of Female Company's don't know exactly what point he was trying to make but I'm pretty sure it was Sexist.

Response by CAPT Kevin B. made Jun 12 at 2016 12:25 AM

CAPT Kevin B. — Sun, 12 Jun 2016 00:25:29 -0400

Push ups and I never agreed. Never could do many but surprised myself how many I could do when the Company Commander Chief put a dog turd under my face and said he'd move it if I did 50. Unfortunately I brown nosed at 48. Chief said next time he'd stop by a cow pasture.

Response by MAJ Private RallyPoint Member made Jun 12 at 2016 12:25 AM

MAJ Private RallyPoint Member — Sun, 12 Jun 2016 00:25:50 -0400

Got smoked for hours when someone reported to the RI that they were missing an MRE. That was not a good morning.

Response by SPC(P) Private RallyPoint Member made Jun 12 at 2016 1:34 AM

SPC(P) Private RallyPoint Member — Sun, 12 Jun 2016 01:34:56 -0400

The O I had to paint in the rocks during basic looked like a 0....

Response by 1SG Private RallyPoint Member made Jun 12 at 2016 1:57 AM

1SG Private RallyPoint Member — Sun, 12 Jun 2016 01:57:37 -0400

Did you just refer to yourself as a strong ranger LT? Basic training someone left their personal drawer unlocked and had MRE Spaghetti in it. We got back and the Drill Sergeant wrote pig with the contents of the spaghetti packet in the middle of the kill zone. He said we were going to make the walls sweat. Didn't think it was possible but enough people in a room getting smoked will do it.

Response by SPC David Glines made Jun 12 at 2016 2:38 AM

SPC David Glines — Sun, 12 Jun 2016 02:38:01 -0400

when I first joined the Army my Senior DS asked if anyone new what his combat patch meant it was the 82nd Airborne so like a dumb-ass I raised my hand and said I do so he asked what and there it was jumping out of my mouth alcoholics anonymous then I was smoked so bad I thew up it seemed forever

Response by SFC Private RallyPoint Member made Jun 12 at 2016 5:52 AM

SFC Private RallyPoint Member — Sun, 12 Jun 2016 05:52:45 -0400

During AIT at Ft. Lostinthewoods. It was a crazy hot dayduring 88M training and the instructors had us unblouse and roll up our pants. When the DS got there to pick us up he went bolistic. When we arrived back at the company he smoked us in the "grassy dirt" for over an hour. When we finished there was dust everywhere and anything you thought was in your pockets now beloned to the earth. I can laugh now. But I hated him then.

Response by SPC Casey Ashfield made Jun 12 at 2016 10:26 AM

SPC Casey Ashfield — Sun, 12 Jun 2016 10:26:03 -0400

Another Basic Training "horror" story. One of our Drill Sergeants was on CQ duty and was bored. So he decided to call us down to the company area to see how many overhead arm clappers we could do. In 4 count. I think we hit around 1200 until he wasn't bored any more. Not sure if it counts as a smoke session as it wasn't punishment based.

About a year later I was the new private in a weapons squad. We were going on a field problem for 2 weeks. Our squad leader ran out of dip on the 4th day. Rule in that squad is that each member must have an "emergency" supply in case he ran out. We got smoked for several hours digging textbook crew served fighting positions and filling them back in.

Response by LTC Private RallyPoint Member made Jun 12 at 2016 10:51 AM

LTC Private RallyPoint Member — Sun, 12 Jun 2016 10:51:14 -0400

When we first get to Basic Training, we are not familiar with all the colorful language used by Drill Sergeants. Well, I got smoked for laughing during our "Welcome Party". Now, you may ask, why was I laughing? When I saw a fellow private slapping himself when he was being told to "beat his face", I thought that was funny. Unfortunately, this laughter drew the attention of other Drill Sergeants. PFC Tongret got smoked.....along with ALL the other Privates.

Response by MAJ Raúl Rovira made Jun 12 at 2016 1:35 PM

MAJ Raúl Rovira — Sun, 12 Jun 2016 13:35:37 -0400

Don't forget your rank during your own promotion ceremony.

During our promotion ceremony to 1LT, there were 11 of us in a line as the Battalion Commander came one by one and did the pinning (BDU days). The officer to my right did not have his rank pins. The BC asked, "Where is you Sh**?". The officer replied, "I don't have it". The BC made him push in front of the entire formation. Memorable event for all of us.

Response by LTC Trent Klug made Jun 12 at 2016 4:42 PM

LTC Trent Klug — Sun, 12 Jun 2016 16:42:25 -0400

At the end of Phase 3 at then just Ft. Lewis, we were allowed time for religious observance and I casually mentioned, sparkly I might add, that I was a druid and that I couldn't find the right tree to worship. I was ordered to run and find The Green Man. Every time I got to a tree, the TACs would tell me wrong guy.

Response by SrA Matthew Knight made Jun 13 at 2016 2:08 AM

SrA Matthew Knight — Mon, 13 Jun 2016 02:08:53 -0400

It was back at BMT, probably the fifth or sixth week. We had to go to another squadrons DFAC because ours was roach infested at the time and was being cleaned out. So anyway, in AF BMT we have a trainee designated as the "Chow Runner". This poor soul had to memorize a special reporting statement. Whenever we went to eat our meals the flight would wait outside while the CR went inside, approached the snake pit (the MTI table) and gave this reporting statement. If they screwed up; the MTIs would light them up and make them say it again. Well we had a trainee, we'll just call him Sam who started off as our CR but got fired because he screwed it up too much. Well on this day at this other squadrons DFAC our normal CR was gone and Sam was the only one who knew the reporting statement so we sent him in. We were expecting him to goof up and make us wait awhile but surprisingly he came out in a matter of only a couple minutes having done it correct. So us being the dumbasses we were decided to start cheering like we were at a high-school football game when he came out to get us. The moment we let out our cheers one of the squadrons MTIs came out. Needless to say, she wasn't happy that a different squadrons flight was acting like a bunch of obnoxious teenagers. So after yelling at us she went inside. A couple minutes later our MTI came out and had us pushing Texas to work the stupid out of our veins before we went in to finally eat breakfast.

Good job Sam for not screwing up and getting yourself reamed and I'm sorry on behalf of the flight for ruining your victory by making you push anyway.

Response by SSG Richard Reilly made Jun 13 at 2016 10:11 AM

SSG Richard Reilly — Mon, 13 Jun 2016 10:11:29 -0400

Can't smoke a quitter. Basic Training I designed the Platoon T-Shirts....left the Drill Sergeants names off. I flew under the radar the entire time until that last week.

Response by Cpl Justin Goolsby made Jun 13 at 2016 1:31 PM

Cpl Justin Goolsby — Mon, 13 Jun 2016 13:31:58 -0400

A couple of reasons. I was the special attention recruit because I was older than the rest of the platoon so I got singled out on a number of occasions. One of the most memorable was when I choked on our initial drill review. I forgot the next move on the drill card because the reviewer was literally standing right next to me in my peripheral vision so I froze. The next day I remember getting woken up personally by my Drill Instructor to get me onto the quarterdeck before the lights came on. I spent plenty of time on the quarterdeck, but it wasn't until the DI brought me there personally that I thought they were going to kill me in my sleep.

Response by SFC Private RallyPoint Member made Jun 13 at 2016 4:25 PM

SFC Private RallyPoint Member — Mon, 13 Jun 2016 16:25:32 -0400

I remember we were getting ready for what was going to be my 3rd deployment. I was with the Duke Brigade of the 1st ID. We were originally going to do be doing mounted patrol missions and we were assigning who were going the be the drivers, gunners, dismounts etc. of each gun truck. Well, I was just a smart-ass SGT E-5 back then (opposed to being a smart-ass SSG now). We had the platoon sergeants, the 1SG, the PLs, XO, CO and all the gun truck TC's in the conference room with the trucks on the board and one of the (dis)orderly room Soldiers writing names on the board. So everyone is calling out who they would like to have as their gunner and driver in a somewhat orderly fashion and I'm sitting there waiting my turn. Finally they call on SGT Muzquiz to see who I wanted to be my driver when the XO blurts out, "What about the commander?" Without missing a beat, I respond with, "Sure, he can be my driver." Yeah, room goes silent, a couple of my fellow NCO's are trying to hold back snickers and giggles and the XO is staring daggers at me. Finally, he tells me to drop, adding to it, "I'm not fucking kidding!" Oh yeah, I burst out laughing as I'm knocking out push-ups. I consider myself is decently good shape and I can do some substantial push-ups when the need arises. Yeah, I lost count of how many I did that afternoon. Needless to say, the commander did not become my driver and that mission wound up being scrapped for something else.

Response by SPC Ronald Skora made Jun 13 at 2016 4:45 PM

SPC Ronald Skora — Mon, 13 Jun 2016 16:45:39 -0400

For laughing too much at how animated my drill instructor was, Drill Sargent Hunt Ft Sill OK. Black Cajun, awesome outstanding man.

Response by SPC Larry Crowe made Jun 13 at 2016 4:58 PM

SPC Larry Crowe — Mon, 13 Jun 2016 16:58:51 -0400

When I was stationed with 6-43 ADA in Ansbach, Germany our Battalion commander LTC Geraci (our post was affectionately known as "Geraci's Park") was notoriously late to his own formations, so one day after the entire battalion had been waiting over 30 minutes for him to show up... he finally did and we all started cheering and clapping. the BN CSM, promptly dropped everyone...officers included while BN CMD just stood there with a sheepish grin on his face.

Response by SGT Jerrold Pesz made Jun 13 at 2016 5:00 PM

SGT Jerrold Pesz — Mon, 13 Jun 2016 17:00:22 -0400

I never got smoked.

Response by SPC Damon Boyles made Jun 13 at 2016 6:40 PM

SPC Damon Boyles — Mon, 13 Jun 2016 18:40:29 -0400

While in Iraq around 2003-2004 I sent away for some of those little firecrackers that have two strings & you pull them to make it explode.

I though it would be mighty fun to booby trap the OP before I was relieved by the next shift. I was right. They thought it was hilarious. They also knew it was me. The unfortunate part was that the commander of the relief decided to change all the batteries in all the NVGs that day.

So he pulled out a pair of NVGs and pop!

He got on the radio yelling about booby traps and a pair of NVG destroyed.

They tore my hut apart throwing all my gear everywhere looking for fireworks. Then I did all of the push-ups.

Response by LCDR Gabriel Helms made Jun 13 at 2016 9:20 PM

LCDR Gabriel Helms — Mon, 13 Jun 2016 21:20:22 -0400

I was in my final week of boot camp, back in '90. Several of us were on the way back from chow one day, and we saw a brand new company marching down the grinder, still in the PT gear they give you the second you walk in. To a man, they were all marching stiff- armed with their hands pinned to their thighs. The DI notices it the same time that we do and yells, "What are you, fucking robots?! Swing your fucking arms!!" To a man, they all start swinging their arms, but instead of alternating them like normal people, they are all swinging both arms forward at the same time, which struck us as hilarious and we started laughing. Their DI of course saw and heard us laughing and knew the reason why. He yelled across the grinder for us to drop as he makes his way over to us as his company marches in place. He gets to us, bends down and starts wildly waving his arms to make it look like he's yelling at us. He knows we are in our final week. Then he says, "That was some pretty fucked up shit right there, huh? Are these guys fucking retarded?! Pretend you're exhausted and get up with a bad look on your face. Try not to laugh while I get these fucktards back to their barracks, please?" He stands up, turns around and walks back to his company and as he leaves us, we hear him say, "I don't get paid enough for this shit."

Response by SFC Private RallyPoint Member made Jun 13 at 2016 10:54 PM

SFC Private RallyPoint Member — Mon, 13 Jun 2016 22:54:11 -0400

When Speed racer came out, I knew that one of my NCOs had gone to see it during the week. Ten minutes before end of day formation, someone was asking where he was, and then he appeared behind us saying"I'm right here". Responding to our evident surprise, he then said "I'm a ninja." I'm not one to pass up an opportunity to use a good movie quote, so I spat out, "more like a non-ja. It's amazing what they'll call a ninja these days." I expecting an appreciative nod, but instead he smiled and pointed at the ground.

Response by SGT Shawn Heath made Jun 14 at 2016 4:37 PM

SGT Shawn Heath — Tue, 14 Jun 2016 16:37:58 -0400

I got smoked during my welcome party be cause my things were too neat. The drills yelled dump your bags and me being the good military brat that I was had all my things neatly packed and rolled up. That didn't sit well with them

Response by MAJ Glenn Bergeron made Jun 15 at 2016 10:55 AM

MAJ Glenn Bergeron — Wed, 15 Jun 2016 10:55:55 -0400

The worst smoke session I had was when I asked a group of military folks if an O-1 had to salute an O-2 . . . :)

Response by SPC Zachary Imerman made Jun 15 at 2016 11:35 AM

SPC Zachary Imerman — Wed, 15 Jun 2016 11:35:36 -0400

At AIT in Ft. Eustis, VA, after an optional confidence course, my gear was right next to the DS'. Being the good guy that I am, I collected my gear, and then proceeded to pick up the Drill Sergeant's things including his hat. I learned quickly that touching the hat, even when trying to be nice is a no, no lol

Response by SGM Private RallyPoint Member made Jun 15 at 2016 1:36 PM

SGM Private RallyPoint Member — Wed, 15 Jun 2016 13:36:31 -0400

I was a basic training Platoon guide, while attending my Basic. There was a Drill Sergeant in the company that always moved his head every time he had to say something. It looked as if he was rotating his head in a circle just to get the words to come out. I thought this was the funniest thing that I had ever saw.

So one Sunday, he was the DS on duty and he marched the company to chow. After we had finished chow, we formed up and got ready to head back to the company. He started giving commands to fall in, and I giggled. He heard me and said "go ahead and laugh 3rd Platoon guide". I thought about it for a while and burst into laughter, but the one thing I wasn't counting on was the rest of the company laughing with me. The whole company was laughing at the DS all because of me.

I will say this, I can still remember his face and name after the smoking he gave me 31yrs later.

Response by CPT Quentin von Éfáns-Taráfdar made Jun 15 at 2016 2:55 PM

CPT Quentin von Éfáns-Taráfdar — Wed, 15 Jun 2016 14:55:47 -0400

This is actually a non-smoked incident. Our class president in OCS was a former SFC in SF with two tours and was 28 I recall. One of our Tac officers was 19 and so useless that he was almost regularly chewed out by the CO. One day during a class break in Infantry Hall The Former SFC goes up to the useless Tac officer and enquires if it would be a court martial offence to call him a useless son of a B.... The Tac officer bristles and replies that it damn well would be. The former SFC then inquires if it would be a court martial offence if he only thought that the Tac officer was a useless sob. The Tac thought for a moment then said that only thinking that wouldn't be whereupon the SFC says, "Well sir, I only think that you are a useless sob."

Response by SPC Private RallyPoint Member made Jun 15 at 2016 4:55 PM

SPC Private RallyPoint Member — Wed, 15 Jun 2016 16:55:00 -0400

I once got smoked for showing my TL a better way of doing things. He smoked me because I was "making a leader look incompetent." We were 1 on 1, and I was politely showing him a better way to execute a Battle Drill (1A).

Response by CPT Private RallyPoint Member made Jun 15 at 2016 8:26 PM

CPT Private RallyPoint Member — Wed, 15 Jun 2016 20:26:26 -0400

Once, while at BCT, one of the training NCO's (aka NOT a DS), asked another Soldier and me who we thought was the best DS of the company. We were in the "safe" confines of a 15 pax van and spoke freely. We mentioned one of our PLT DS's, of course. Word got back to that DS and he smoked the entire company for an hour (to include a "fashion show" of different uniform changes) until we, the other Soldier and I, figured out we were the ones at fault. Everyone hated us for a week. Good PT.

Response by MSG Lance Kelly made Jun 16 at 2016 8:55 AM

MSG Lance Kelly — Thu, 16 Jun 2016 08:55:31 -0400

Basic training, Fort Leonard Wood. Our company was to meet in our other barracks bay after personal hygiene. However, a fight broke out in another platoon do I stuck around. By the time I went into my bay no one was there. I went to the other bay and everyone was there, lined up on both sides of the aisle. I stepped inside between two others hoping not to be seen...no good. "Who just walked in" bellowed the drill sergeants voice. With a scared hesitation I admitted it was me. He called me out to the other end of the bay and dropped me. He continued to talk to the company while I pushed it out. After a few minutes of pushing a worked up a good sweat. My buddies whispered for me to ask permission to recover, so I did. Recovery denied, keep pushing was the answer as he didn't skip a beat in his speech. A few minutes later I made a second request and was denied again. I kept pushing. By the time I was finally allowed to recover I was covered in sweat. He just looked at me and told me to go take a shower. I had done over a hundred push ups. I was never late again.

Response by SPC Mark Kreutsberg made Jun 16 at 2016 9:01 AM

SPC Mark Kreutsberg — Thu, 16 Jun 2016 09:01:49 -0400

In Basic Training I received a letter from one of my high school buddies (female). Well, she thought it would be funny to mess with me. Instead of my name on the envelope she put "Dork (my last name) and put lipstick kiss marks all over the envelope. She then proceeded to douse the letter itself in perfume. Well, mail call rolled around and the Drill is throwing out mail to everyone. He stops when he gets to mine, smells it and then calls me front and center. With a straight face he told me that I better keep my "girlfriend in line" then cracked a smile and smoked me for the rest of mail call. My buddy got an earful from me alright. LOL

Response by SGT James Hammons made Jun 16 at 2016 9:14 AM

SGT James Hammons — Thu, 16 Jun 2016 09:14:49 -0400

Pushing a soldier for not keeping in step

Response by SFC Private RallyPoint Member made Jun 16 at 2016 9:17 AM

SFC Private RallyPoint Member — Thu, 16 Jun 2016 09:17:02 -0400

I don't actually remember the reason why... but it was late January in lost in the woods and saw the SGT out watering the grass.... needless to say the entire platoon was muddier than shit and we were all sick within a week. but had a memorable 6 hours of that bullshit.

Response by SN Terry Poynter made Jun 16 at 2016 9:28 AM

SN Terry Poynter — Thu, 16 Jun 2016 09:28:58 -0400

placing unfolded skivvies in my locker

Response by Cpl Thomas Woods made Jun 16 at 2016 11:31 AM

Cpl Thomas Woods — Thu, 16 Jun 2016 11:31:55 -0400

Messing with the Blackhat instructors at jump school in Ft. Benning.....'Twas a Marine thing. They'd think they were wearing us out (and weren't too far off) so they'd give us the order to fall out, and one of us, wearing a shit eatin' grin would pipe off "FALL OUT, AYE-AYE, SIR!".....And ALL Marines present would drop and begin.........

Response by CPL Zach Spurloch made Jun 16 at 2016 11:44 AM

CPL Zach Spurloch — Thu, 16 Jun 2016 11:44:14 -0400

While running down the steps at Ft. Benning during basic training, I ran into and knocked down my drill instructor. Needless to say, I was not only smoked, but now on every drill instructors "Radar" for the remainder of my basic and AIT ( which is NEVER a good thing ).

Response by SPC Josh Robinson made Jun 16 at 2016 11:53 AM

SPC Josh Robinson — Thu, 16 Jun 2016 11:53:03 -0400

I really wish I could say there was no good reason for mass punishments, but it is on occasion hilarious. Best time was in Basic, though. PFC "Tart-n-Tiny" had a crush on Drill Sergeant and wouldn't stop asking him questions during Final Formation. So he said, "Front Leaning Rest Position. Move!... Now look, ya'll. Drill Sergeant Young's gotta go home and give Mrs. Young the tickle pickle, so ya'll need to shut up." And then he left us there... In the pushup position... and went home.

Response by CH (MAJ) Thomas Conner made Jun 16 at 2016 12:49 PM

CH (MAJ) Thomas Conner — Thu, 16 Jun 2016 12:49:18 -0400

While attending BCT at picturesque Fort Dix in 1978, the platoon stood at ease while watching Drill and Ceremony demonstrated by the Drill Sergeants. In my peripheral vision, I saw small animals darting in and out of a hole in the ground. Being from the south, I was very familiar with squirrels but this was my first time seeing ground squirrels! I thought I was being sneaky by turning only my eyes and only watching for a few seconds at a time. Look at the squirrels, watch the demonstration, watch the squirrels, back and forth. During one of my glances at the squirrels, my Drill Sergeant inserted himself in my line of sight for the demonstration! When I glanced back toward the demonstration--there he was! Right in my face! First I jumped, then he began tapping my forehead with the brim of his "brown round!" I must have had a break from sanity because I broke out laughing! My sudden burst of laughter caught the Drill Sergeant off-guard because he jumped! After the 0.25 seconds it took him to regain his composure, I began the push-ups! For several days after, whenever he thought of my grave offense, once again I started the push-ups!

It is funny now, but in 1978? Not so much!

Response by SPC James Mast made Jun 16 at 2016 1:22 PM

SPC James Mast — Thu, 16 Jun 2016 13:22:03 -0400

When I was in basic training in Fort Bliss El Paso TX 1982. I was never given my military glasses (BC's). So I went through Basic with my civilian photo gray lenses.. I was from Indiana and earned the name "Hollywood" due to having the dark tinted lenses in the bright El Paso sun.. So every day i would be dropped for pushups just because LOL.. On the day we were graduating there was an issue with not having a class a jacket. I heard some call out "Hollywood" with out thinking I just yelled out Yeah!! You could hear a pin drop when they all knew who yelled but I didn't.. The Drill Instructor had walked out to me rather calmly and proceeded to get my attention.. As I knew what was coming he walked up proceeded to inform me that "Yeah" was not a correct response. But rather then have me do the pushups out there in front of everyone. He took me into the DI's office had me drop he shouted so everyone could hear him that i was going to do pushups until our ceremony.. After my first ten he smiled and told me to get up. had me try on a few of the jackets that our DI's had to find one to fit for my ceremony.. As I got ready to leave his office he told me to tell them after 100 he let me stop.. I can never thank those men enough for first teaching me how to push through so much. But also showing their human side after it was all finished. When I look back onto my brief time in the U.S. Army this was all fond memories

Response by SPC Robert Passini made Jun 16 at 2016 1:42 PM

SPC Robert Passini — Thu, 16 Jun 2016 13:42:42 -0400

OK - Two quick ones from Ft. Jackson DS Bonner
1. Equal Opportunity Day - Week two of Basic we are in formation in the chow line and DS Bonner is quizzing us on our Smart Books. A female Private non-chalantly wanders by walking between DS and his platoon offering up a "Hey Drill Sergeant" as a greeting as she passed. The look on the DS's face as he looked at us and says "Is she CRAZY?" Then he hollered out, "Private!" She spun around and said "Huh?" DS Bonner said, "You believe in Equal Opportunity?" "Ummm, Yeah." "Well this is your equal opportunity day." And proceeded to smoke her in front of our platoon and we thought it was hilarious. This female never once showed any military courtesy in her interaction with the DS and we were dumbfounded by this. It is not the dumbest reason for getting smoked, but maybe the dumbest person I saw get smoked.

2. Now What Do We Do? - Halfway through basic our platoon leader was fired and I was given the job. My first lesson to the platoon was - "We are going to do things together, as a unit." When we were given an unrealistic amount of time to get out of our muddy gear, shower, dress, GI the bay and be back down in formation, I had to personally barricade the door from the guys who were ready early. I said, "Nobody is going down until we all go down." "But, if we're late, we're going to have to do push-ups!" I finally got to tell the unit, "Look, we are going to do push-ups no matter what. Late for formation - Do Pushups, Early for formation - Why you all just standing around, do push-ups. On time for formation, Well, you all think you are pretty smart don't you....Do Push-ups." Once I got this through to them it was much better. I felt like I had to tell you this to tell you the actual story. We were in formation waiting on the DS to take us to chow. I was in front of the formation and the rest of the Company had moved off but our DS was late. That had not happened before. So, what do we do now? I said, "Well boys, we might as well get strong. Half-right Face. Move. Front leaning rest position. move. Count 'em out." So we are doing push-ups as a unit. After forty or so, I get a nod from first squad that the DS is approaching from behind. I recover and bring the platoon back to their feet and to attention, about face, salute the DS - "All present or accounted for DRILL SERGEANT". I took my place in my squad and the DS just stared at us for about 15 seconds. Then moved us out for chow. The reason I love this story is because I got to hear my platoon members telling members of other platoons the story. "Passini had us all doing push-ups and you should have seen the face on the Drill Sergeant, haha" So I guess, we smoked ourselves so he didn't have to.

Response by SFC(P) Private RallyPoint Member made Jun 16 at 2016 2:30 PM

SFC(P) Private RallyPoint Member — Thu, 16 Jun 2016 14:30:18 -0400

During AIT at FT Rucker I was in 2nd Platoon and we had the notoriety of coming up with our own platoon name. Our PG was sometimes in on it but most of the time not. It almost became a game with the DS's to see what kind of off the wall crap we would come up with (Voltron one day, Thundercats another). One day at dinner chow we were in formation and the PG was told to report. She calls out "2nd Platoon" and half of us promptly yelled out "Bumble Bee Tuna" the other half yelled "Mmmmmmmmmm". It must have been a slow day because the DS's and everyone else lost it and started laughing. Our Platoon DS promptly dropped us, while laughing, and proceeded to do an about face and started yelling at a tree. Most bizarre event in my career.

Response by SFC Casimir Vital made Jun 16 at 2016 3:19 PM

SFC Casimir Vital — Thu, 16 Jun 2016 15:19:39 -0400

Fort Dix New Jersey, basic training initial indoctrination speech by the senior drill instructor. He said if you can name the one shot that I have not had I will make life easy for you. I said rabies and my battle buddy died laughing along with the rest of the theater as well as all of the drill sergeants. I paid for it for the next eight weeks with a constant volley of DROP, rabies huh?

Response by PO1 Private RallyPoint Member made Jun 16 at 2016 3:34 PM

PO1 Private RallyPoint Member — Thu, 16 Jun 2016 15:34:04 -0400

Just took a shower and not thinking about it, wrapped my hair up in a towel and had it on my head. I walked out of the head and my PO caught me. I ended up doing 45 minutes of IT....did I mention I was MA for my division?

Response by PO1 Private RallyPoint Member made Jun 16 at 2016 3:47 PM

PO1 Private RallyPoint Member — Thu, 16 Jun 2016 15:47:20 -0400

I already told mine but I have a few others:

A female in my division decided to wear lip gloss (yes, you read that right! And no it wasn't the Chapstick you are given in P-days). She was on the black line for 2 hrs.

I don't know how this happened but while me and my brother div slept, 6 training guides ended up missing. Chief had us tear the compartment apart trying to find them. At last we found them, in Big Bertha aka big trash can in the head. At that point my Chief and brother div's Senior Chief ate us alive. We must have been doing IT for AT LEAST 3 hrs, threatening to take us back to P-days in the Pearl Harbor.....they made us pack our things in our sea bags.
I guess Senior Chief had enough fun and then said to put our things back in our racks and get ready for chow. I think majority of the females cried out in relief for about 5 minutes.
I still don't know who threw the guides away, whether this was a test or our RDCs planned the entire thing.

Response by SPC Robert Passini made Jun 16 at 2016 5:30 PM

SPC Robert Passini — Thu, 16 Jun 2016 17:30:07 -0400

This is not a "smoked" story but it was the funniest punishment for a stupid infraction that i EVER SAW. Jump School - Ft. Benning - Tower Week - Feb. 1990. The entire 600 members of Delta Company were scattered around the grounds under the Mighty Ungawa. I was an E-2 straight from Basic, so getting yelled at was nothing new to me. However an E-6 made the mistake of standing with his hands on his hips and his weight shifted to one leg (which is a no-no in Airborne School). A Black Hat approached from behind and tapped the back of the knee of the soldier. He predictably buckled, but, unpredictably he spun with a fist raised to pop whoever was screwing with him. The Black Hat went into full Sergeant Airborne mode. "You gonna hit me? Were you going to hit me?" "No, Sergeant Airborne" came the reply. "Well, it looked like you were going to hit me. I'll tell you what, since you like standing around with your hands on your hips like Susie Sweetpants, here is what we are gonna do. Put your hands back on your hips. Now, WALK. No, swing that ass like Susie Sweetpants. Now, go over to that private right there and tell him your name." The E-6 said, "My name is John." Black Hat said, "No! Your name is Suzy Sweetpants. Tell him your name!" "My name is Susie Sweetpants." "Good", said the Black Hat. "Now we gonna go and introduce yourself to everybody in the company." So they set off, this poor E-6 walking up to everyone and saying, "My name is Suzy Sweetpants" and the Black Hat right behind him pointing out people he needed to introduce himself to and the whole time yelling "Swing that ass when you walk." To my new in the Army eyes it was the most amazing thing I had ever witnessed. It had to be humiliating to the E-6 but it sure makes a great story that I will never forget.

Response by CPT Private RallyPoint Member made Jun 16 at 2016 5:46 PM

CPT Private RallyPoint Member — Thu, 16 Jun 2016 17:46:31 -0400

I ran into my Drill Sergeant after Benning in the 82nd. He was my buddy's PSG. I hated him and he hated me. I was just getting there and went to find a friend I'd served with in Germany. I walked past his PSG's office looking for my buddy. I heard his PSG's voice and I immediately knew it was him. I was a smart ass and popped my head in the office to give him the greeting of the day. His eyes got big as shit when he saw it was me. He immediately called me in and put me in the front leaning rest. I waited there while he went and got my bud. He smoked him for having me as a friend and he smoked me for the shits and giggles of it.

Response by SPC Alejandro Martinez made Jun 16 at 2016 5:56 PM

SPC Alejandro Martinez — Thu, 16 Jun 2016 17:56:25 -0400

Having been brought up with good manners, I continuously called the drill sergeants "sir." You can just imagine the roar of obscenities. I was continuously doing pushups, etc. I have never been so in-shape as when I was in artillery osut.

Response by SPC Bill Jones made Jun 16 at 2016 6:31 PM

SPC Bill Jones — Thu, 16 Jun 2016 18:31:32 -0400

SDS came into our Bay while we were getting ready for inspection. He when to the smallest guy in our Bay and the following occurred: SDS "Pvt D, what do you have if two nuts on the wall?" Pvt D "I don't know Drill Sergeant." SDS "You have wall nuts, what do you have if you have two nuts on your chest?" Pvt D "I don't know Drill Sergeant." SDS "You have chestnuts. What do you have if you have two nuts on your chin?" At which point I said "You have a d1ck in your mouth Drill Sergeant." SDS "Nobody likes a smart @ss Jones, beat your face until I get tired." We left me pushing while he went through the rest of the bays conducting his pre-inspection. I never did so many push-ups total in my career. Jackson '89

Response by SGT Jason Herbert made Jun 17 at 2016 1:04 AM

SGT Jason Herbert — Fri, 17 Jun 2016 01:04:15 -0400

Took a picture of my ball tucked between my legs and bent over "a fruit basket". Uploaded it to my platoon sergeants laptop after he left for the night.

Came the next morning thinking I just got act cool and, uh nope. He attacked me when he saw me. He body slammed me and started choking me.

I said it wasn't me, you can't prove it was me. He said of course it was you, your the only dumb enough fucket to try that with me. And he choked me unconscious

Response by SPC Kirk Gilles made Jun 17 at 2016 1:16 AM

SPC Kirk Gilles — Fri, 17 Jun 2016 01:16:30 -0400

8 weeks into Basic. They give a weekend off. I left post with family. Most stayed and gorged on everything in sight. Like Sodom and Gamorah type eating. Drills said it all ends at 1700 on Sunday. Recruits figured they would resume on Monday. Nope, PT began at 1701 on Sunday. Rivers of barfed pizza, soda, candy, for us to do push-up in! Trust no one in a Brown hat.

Response by 1SG Roland Huson made Jun 17 at 2016 2:15 AM

1SG Roland Huson — Fri, 17 Jun 2016 02:15:59 -0400

As a PFC I was attending the Russian Basic Course at DLI. My Student Squad Leader, an old 3rd U.S. Infantry Regement type wanted us to have I D Cards and I D tags ready for inspection in class Bs before class one morning. In the mad dash to get to formation after spending the morning craning for a test, I left my tags hanging on the corner of my wall locker. As this Staff Sergeant approached I realized I was screwed and that there was nothing I could do about it....except give a smartassed answer. When he asked me why I wasn't wearing them, I respond, " I wasn't planning on dying today, Sergeant." By the end of it, I kinda wished I had.

Response by CPL Zach Spurloch made Jun 17 at 2016 8:30 AM

CPL Zach Spurloch — Fri, 17 Jun 2016 08:30:41 -0400

I'm sure we have all had that one "Private" that just could not do get right, ever. We had Pvt "V", who lost us countless opportunities to see the world on weekends. One time in particular, he decided to bring live rounds back to the barracks after a day down range. Needless to say, we, as a group, were smoked as a group, (minus "V" of course) the remainder of the day, night and morning. There is something to be said for "Peer Pressure", because "V" was no longer a BF. Either that, or we never gave him the opportunity.

Response by SSG Donald Duplessis made Jun 17 at 2016 9:22 AM

SSG Donald Duplessis — Fri, 17 Jun 2016 09:22:44 -0400

Oh boy. In my 20+ years in the Army, I got smoked a number of times for various reasons, but none stick out in my mind as much as this one particular incident.
I was at ANCOC. One more week until graduation. One morning we are marched out to the PT field and told to conduct PT of our own choosing. In other words, do whatever you feel like for PT this morning. It's dark and three of us don't really feel like doing PT this morning, so we sneak off under the bleachers by the running track to grab a smoke. Smoking is not allowed on the PT field. This was driven into us on day 1. But it's dark and what the heck?
We see this one lone individual coming down the track. He runs past us, turns around and heads our way. Comes up to us and asks us to identify ourselves. Smart ass me has to inquire, who are you? It was the CSM aka Commandant of the ANCOC we were attending.
At 1630 hrs that afternoon, each of us was to report to his office standing tall and report to him. Wouldn't you know I was the first one. I knocked, walked in and reported. Then the worse ass chewing of my life took place. It was so bad that my legs wouldn't stop shaking and beads of sweat streamed down my back. He asked me one question and that was, give me one good reason why I shouldn't send you back to your unit right now? This of course would have been the end of my career. I'd never make 7 now. Well I guess my answer was good enough because I graduated with my class. But the ass chewing I received was second to none.
Thanks Sergeant Major. I forgot your name, but know that to this day (over 20 years later) I still think about that day and appreciate your leadership, professionalism and guidance. Hope your retirement years have been as good to you as mine have been to me.

Response by SGT Tim Fridley made Jun 17 at 2016 3:44 PM

SGT Tim Fridley — Fri, 17 Jun 2016 15:44:24 -0400

When I was at FT. Sill OK. I was smoked almost on a daily basis for calling our Section SSG SGT. We-We because he led from behind he would say We are gonna do this or We gonna do that then he would head back to his office and We would not see him again. He was always pissed off at me

Response by 1SG Billye Jackson made Jun 18 at 2016 9:48 AM

1SG Billye Jackson — Sat, 18 Jun 2016 09:48:41 -0400

I remember it like yesterday. Oct 1965, about the second week of BCT, I was a 17 year old Kid and had not let started to Shave, my DI, SFC Allen, I will never Forget Hem, who stood about 5'6' Steped in front of me at 6'3" and stated, I DON'T CAIR IF IT IS PEACH FUZE YOU WILL SHAVE EVERY FUCKING DAY,IS THAT UNDERSTOOD PVT. And I Did from then on.

Response by MSG Private RallyPoint Member made Jun 18 at 2016 3:57 PM

MSG Private RallyPoint Member — Sat, 18 Jun 2016 15:57:11 -0400

the only time i ever got smoked was when i lost my id card, 1st shirt called me to his office had my id card in hand (USMC) to get it back 100 push ups, never lost sight of my id again

Response by MSG Private RallyPoint Member made Jun 18 at 2016 4:07 PM

MSG Private RallyPoint Member — Sat, 18 Jun 2016 16:07:24 -0400

last day of boot, we had px privaleges so some guys went and bought dental floss, that night they flossed an sm to his bunk, we were in our dress blues that next morning when our di over the inter com said drop i was laughing the whole time

Response by MSG Pat Colby made Jun 19 at 2016 10:37 AM

MSG Pat Colby — Sun, 19 Jun 2016 10:37:49 -0400

In Ranger School I was the Admin/Field 1SG as I was the highest ranking NCO in the class. In the Desert Phase someone lost an AN/PVS4. I had accountability before we hit the field. At some point during a mission, some guy went to sick call and just left all his shit. When we got back to the barracks the RI's tried to make me sign for the missing equipment. I refused as I was not in charge of equipment distribution or accountability during graded patrols. They PT'd the HELL out of me up to and after graduation. Once the Grad ceremony was over, I was called to the Commanders office. They made me stand in the hallway and in between the day long ass-chewings by what seemed like every damn Officer in RTB, every RI that saw me made me drop for push ups. They finally let me go about 11PM. Obviously I was the last student to leave. I never did sign for the NVG's.

Response by 1SG(P) Private RallyPoint Member made Jun 20 at 2016 12:54 PM

1SG(P) Private RallyPoint Member — Mon, 20 Jun 2016 12:54:22 -0400

While in Drill Sergeant School we were having a Class A Inspection.
When the DS Instructor was inspecting my awards, he had me identify all the awards and describe each award.
After describing the Kuwaiti and Saudi Arabia Awards, he stated, "I Know what those are!! My Mother Has Them!!"
To which I respond with, "And You Don't Drill Sergeant??'
I Got scuffed up while in Class A's!!
Totally Worth It!!

Response by SSG Lance Sawyer made Jun 22 at 2016 4:05 PM

SSG Lance Sawyer — Wed, 22 Jun 2016 16:05:49 -0400

I have 2 memories that fit this criteria. One happened to me and one I witnessed. The first happened to me when I was in AIT in Fort Sill. My Drill Sergeant had a license plate on his truck that said "drop pvt" and if you were caught reading it you were dropped for 80 push ups on the spot. We were in the PX parking lot in formation. He tried to have us read it to him, but we had all been part of it before. Some of the excuses were "I can't see that far", or "I can't see that plate." All lame excuses. There happened to be a pvt walking out of the PX and past our formation. The DS called the pvt over and asked him what the license plate said. The pvt was kind of confused as he read it. After he was finished the DS told him thank you and get the fuck out of there. He then turned to us and put us on our face for 80.

The second was from my first deployment to Iraq in 05. I was on tower duty for a base filled with Navy Seals, Rangers, and CIA. If any of you have read American Sniper you might have read about this base. It was the middle of the night around 2AM when we heard some yelling outside and behind us. We went out to see what was going on. There were 3 Rangers running toward us. 2 Were screaming at the other. The 2 made him duck walk down and up a hill where the gravel road came into the base. After a few times up and down this hill, they ran him farther down the road. We could hear them for quite a while. Then about 30 minutes later we heard them coming back. Again up and down the hill duck walking. This time they threw in a lot of push ups and set ups. After about another half hour they came over to our tower and they made him ask nicely if he could throw his empty water bottle away in our garbage. Then started running him back toward their building yelling and cussing in his ear the whole way. This kid looked like he was about to die. We decided this kid must have really screwed up to warrant that kind of punishment.

Response by SPC Elizabeth DeCamp made Jun 23 at 2016 11:09 AM

SPC Elizabeth DeCamp — Thu, 23 Jun 2016 11:09:09 -0400

AIT at Fort Jackson. My then fiance and his buddy were walking on either side of me and trying to tickle each other, just as the DI came around the corner. "ALL THREE OF YA! DROP!" We were all laughing as we were down there because it was just so stupid, and the DI finally walked away.

Response by SSG Timothy McCoy made Jun 23 at 2016 8:24 PM

SSG Timothy McCoy — Thu, 23 Jun 2016 20:24:42 -0400

Standing "Toeing the Line" at Fort Bliss Repo Depo, a Drill sergeant hollered a command of "all you swinging Di.., er, Richards get over here!!"
As three more Drill swarmed me wanting to know why I had not join the others.
My reply was " my Dic, ah , Richard wasn't long enough to Swing, Drill Sergeant ."
I believed I solely raised the humidity that day.

I am sure that there was others situations, but this one stands out the most.

Response by MSG Jay Jackson made Jun 24 at 2016 4:52 PM

MSG Jay Jackson — Fri, 24 Jun 2016 16:52:10 -0400

One time at a ball my CSM noticed I was not wearing the 101st combat patch from our last deployment. When asked why I did not have Old Abe on my uniform I told him that the 1st Infantry DIV was my favorite since I did get the Purple Heart while with them in Desert Storm. He thought that was weak so I told him that they had never been surrounded like the 101st. He was not amused!

Response by SFC Vernon McNabb made Jun 25 at 2016 9:52 PM

SFC Vernon McNabb — Sat, 25 Jun 2016 21:52:47 -0400

I was a Platoon Guide in BCT and one of the Soldiers managed to sneak two boxes of Frosted Flakes cereal out of the mess hall back to his room. The Mess SGT let the Drill know and the Drill and some of his friends tore through all of our rooms until he found the two boxes of Frosted Flakes. We were told to remain in formation outside during this and when the Drill came out holding a box in each hand with a big smile on his face, he asked "Who can tell me about these?" One of the Soldiers in the middle of the formation yelled out, "They're Great!" Three hours later we were allowed to return to a vertical position.

Response by SPC Private RallyPoint Member made Jun 29 at 2016 8:24 AM

SPC Private RallyPoint Member — Wed, 29 Jun 2016 08:24:09 -0400

in the Army there is only one color green OD Green and they're all my brothers and sisters

Response by Maj Dale Smith made Jun 29 at 2016 12:27 PM

Maj Dale Smith — Wed, 29 Jun 2016 12:27:33 -0400

I received my commission through ROTC, and we were required to attend basic training in the summer between our 2nd and 3rd year. The flight I was in (platoon) was comprised of apx. 30 cadets, and this in turn made up a squadron (Company) of about 180. Our barracks had two way communications systems that were voice driven, and went back to the squadron commander's office. Lights out was 2115 and we had a cadet CQ that manned the squadron commander's office overnight, based on a daily rotating shift.
I was still up around 2130 with my roomate, and we were prepairing our room for morning inspection, knowing that we wouldn't have time for this in the morning. (You slept on the top of the bed, not in it so you didn't have to make it). The power speaker came on and it was the cadet CQ telling us that we would receive a demerit for talking and being awake after "lights out". Not missing a beat, and knowing that there was no video, I barked back at the speaker and informed the cadet that he was in violation of AF REG 126-72 para 16 SS a through c for unauthorized monitoring of our barracks. I just made up the reg and informed him that I was Capt. Johnson (another made up name) but it scared the crap out of the cadet, and I assigned him a six page discertation to be written about privacy and the 4th amendment and for it to be on the Squadron Commander's desk by 0515 the next day. He actually wrote it and i, along with four others had to get over to the CQ office before the Squadron Commander arrived and pull the incriminating paper. It gave the cadet CQ something to do overnight, but we didn't want to get him kicked out of the program, just taken down a peg for his superior attitude believing he could issue us a demerit.

Response by Maj Dale Smith made Jun 29 at 2016 12:36 PM

Maj Dale Smith — Wed, 29 Jun 2016 12:36:58 -0400

One more story during basic: As a training block, we were to "practice" reporting to a superior officer and were given file cards of what to say. The "DI" (actually a company grade officer) handed me the card and said, "Say exactly what is on the card to the reporting officer". Believing this was a test on one's ability to follow instructions, I did exactly what the card stated and said: "Lt. insert your name here, reporting as directed, Sir!" The individual to whom I reported almost fell of his chair, and finally stated that I was to use my name where it said "Insert your name here". I told him that if I had done that, I would not be following instructions that said to read the card ver-batum. He told me I was quibelling and the subject was dropped.

Response by SPC Elizabeth DeCamp made Aug 18 at 2016 1:57 PM

SPC Elizabeth DeCamp — Thu, 18 Aug 2016 13:57:58 -0400

Not me but my now husband who was a platoon leader for the 71L AIT in Ft Jackson. The drill sergeant yelled "DECAMP, WHERE'S THE REST OF YOUR PLATOON?" To which he answered "We're waiting on a few ladies, Drill Sergeant." To which he got dropped.
The ds then asked "Do you know why I dropped you, DeCamp?"
"No Drill Sergeant."
"Because there are no ladies; only soldiers."
To which my husband asked, "If they're soldiers, then why do they have different showers?"
GET DOWN AND KNOCK 'EM OUT!!

Response by PFC Jim Wheeler made Oct 27 at 2016 2:01 PM

PFC Jim Wheeler — Thu, 27 Oct 2016 14:01:40 -0400

Saw a guy get smoked in the 2-325 battalion area by a MSG because one of his boots was dirtier than the other.

This was immediately after a PT ruck and before the soldier had changed into his duty uniform.

Response by SPC Robert Styers made Jul 4 at 2017 1:02 PM

SPC Robert Styers — Tue, 04 Jul 2017 13:02:49 -0400

Me and my section were smoked in Kuwait for ground guiding to "swiftly" on Christmas Day.

Response by CPL Mark Andersen made Jul 4 at 2017 1:07 PM

CPL Mark Andersen — Tue, 04 Jul 2017 13:07:39 -0400

A guy in basic spilled Kool-Aid on the drill sergeant's hat. I am sure, 32 years later that guy is still in MOPP 4, and still doing doing push-ups.

Response by CPL Galen Hall made Jul 4 at 2017 1:36 PM

CPL Galen Hall — Tue, 04 Jul 2017 13:36:08 -0400

Ft. Dix (1982) BCT: There were candy machines just outside the barracks but they were chain link fenced locked. So I get the bright idea to have mother go to the local Army/Navy store and buy surplus OD socks and mail them to me....with 3 Musketeers bars stuffed inside.

Worked a couple times until one of the Drills got wind of it. Standing there in formation during mail call I see the latest box next to Sgt "Mad Dog" Cowan who was not my platoon Sgt.

He waits til the very end of mail call and shouts my name. I go to pickup the box and he orders me to open it and empty the contents (the socks come tumbling out with a distinctive "thud"... I'm toast.

After pushing up Ft.Dix my assist Drill calls me into her office and gives me a second opportunity to develop my mind and body. I recover and remain at attention.

She explained to me that the other Drill had no business disciplining one of her troops. She takes one of the candy bars and gives the remaining two warning me not to repeat the stunt.

Response by SFC Private RallyPoint Member made Jul 4 at 2017 1:47 PM

SFC Private RallyPoint Member — Tue, 04 Jul 2017 13:47:58 -0400

Farting too much..

Response by CPL Todd Albert made Jul 4 at 2017 3:23 PM

CPL Todd Albert — Tue, 04 Jul 2017 15:23:19 -0400

I am 51 years old and got out in 1990 yet I will never forget getting smoked by a 2nd LT because I was holding my wife's hand while in dress greens. I really think it was my blue cord that upset her that day. I even saluted and gave her the appropriate greeting of the day.

Response by SPC Robert Passini made Jul 6 at 2017 3:33 PM

SPC Robert Passini — Thu, 06 Jul 2017 15:33:31 -0400

Again, this is a little outside the actual question, but it is memorable.
Somewhere in the fifth or sixth week of basic a new DS was brought into the Company. He was not in our Platoon. This guy was Japanese and had a thick Japanese accent to the point when he got excited it was impossible to understand what he was saying. In my Platoon was Eric Stone. We had two kids in the Platoon with the last name Stone, Doug and Eric. Their name tags read Stone D. and Stone E. Somehow (nobody remembers exactly why) Eric ended up on this new DS's shitlist and since his name tag said Stone E. the new DS called him Stony. The DS made the statement "Stony, everytime I see you, you do pushup." Said exactly like it's written.
So, it wasn't uncommon to hear "Stony - I seeeeeee youuuuuuuu" and Eric would dutifully drop. Well, the whole Company was out week 7 practicing for The Superbowl, myself Eric and two other guys were lying prone on the ground working on setting claymores, when, from far away on the wind came the call, "Stooooony - I seeeeee youuuuuuu". Our heads all popped up out of the grass like Tom Turkeys hearing a female call. We looked around and no one could see the DS, but Eric rolled to the front leaning rest and did his push-ups. Now I'm convinced this DS had no idea where Eric was, but he knew the whole Company was somewhere nearby scattered through the woods and just decided to screw with him. The rest of us rolled on the ground with laughter.

Response by PFC Private RallyPoint Member made Jul 9 at 2017 2:57 AM

PFC Private RallyPoint Member — Sun, 09 Jul 2017 02:57:58 -0400

DS found a phone charging in a laundry bag... we we all died that day. A few weeks later the DSs decided to prank us with saying that they found another phone... you could all hear a collective sigh of relief when we found out it was a prank.

Response by PFC Private RallyPoint Member made Jul 9 at 2017 3:01 AM

PFC Private RallyPoint Member — Sun, 09 Jul 2017 03:01:39 -0400

In basic, the battery next to us was getting smoked all day and DSs had taken away their water. Mind you it was 100+ outside. There was at least 30 heat casualties and there was only 2 DSs. A group of us went over to help... it was then I realized I picked the right mos (68w).

Response by SGT Dave Tracy made Jul 11 at 2017 1:03 PM

SGT Dave Tracy — Tue, 11 Jul 2017 13:03:43 -0400

Once at OSUT, just before we would normally go upstairs for lights out, our entire company got smoked for quite a while because no one corrected the drill sergeants who had all swapped their name tapes for their US Army tape just to see if (or in hopes that) anyone would notice and do the right thing. The DSs had been like that ALL DAY LONG! I'll admit I didn't notice, but some did, yet said nothing for fear of getting in trouble. Ironic huh?

Response by SGT Patrick Reno made Jul 11 at 2017 4:01 PM

SGT Patrick Reno — Tue, 11 Jul 2017 16:01:59 -0400

Had a friend get smoked during an inspection because his nose hairs were to long.